The Airship Mystery of 1896/1897 remain a fascinating topic.
Earlier in the year I wrote a two part article concerning this still unsolved mystery. Jimmy Akin has don some excellent research and his two videos are worth the time if you are interested in this subject. This is video number two.
Video from Jimmy Akin
Secret Origin of the Mystery Airships! (Phantom Airships, UFO, 1897) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
"In 1896 and 1897, Mystery Airships were reported from California to the Mississippi, which some believed were alien ships. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli eliminated many theories about the airships, and now address the final mystery: what were the airships, who made them, and was the government involved? https://mysterious.fm/280
Further Resources: • Michael Busby’s book Solving the 1897 Airship Mystery: https://amzn.to/46zXvKn
• J. Allan Danelek’s book The Great Airship of 1897: https://amzn.to/46Dn5hx
• Carlos Allende’s book Close Encounters of the Phantom Kind: The Ghost Airship Wave of 1896-1897 in the News: https://amzn.to/3Q2fmnL
• “Just Tell Them That You Saw Me” (video): • Just Tell Them That You Saw Me (1895) • Dolbear’s Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolbear...
from the video introduction